All the advice I received suggests that I stick with the Haskell Platform so
I don't think I will attempt to install GHC 6.12 or cabal. I actually don't
even really know what the Haskell Platform is - perhaps you could shed some
light?
Regards
Chris Saunders
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Hühn" <xf27 at arcor.de>
To: <beginners at haskell.org>
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:02 PM
Subject: [Haskell-beginners] Re: Advice on what to install
> "Chris Saunders" <evas at mountaincable.net> writes:
>>> I noticed the availability of Haskell Platform
>> 2009.2.0.2 and did install this and when I run GHCi it says that its
>> version is
>> 6.10.4. Now on the GHC site I notice that the current version is
>> 6.12. Should I have installed this more recent version or stick with
>> what I have? Warning: many more dumb questions to come from this
>> guy.
>> Stick with the Haskell Platform.
>> But if you don't and you actually manage to get not only GHC, but also
> cabal-install (including all prerequisites) running on Windows without
> much prior knowledge, make sure to write it up and tell me how to do
> it.
>> Thomas
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